Left for dead, abandoned by it's original developers, and community. Octocoin makes a return with a shiny new Qt wallet based on the latest Litecoin 0.10.x source tree.

Behold... Octocoin Core 10.4 (v0.10.4.0).

As always, before updating please make a backup of your `wallet.dat` file. This version should be able to open any wallet.dat files created with the legacy Octocoin client, however once opened the `wallet.dat` file can no longer be opened in the legacy client.

Yes there are Mac OS X Wallets and Windows Installers, the whole thing, done right! I'm not just some guy who's copying and pasting code. I spent the time and effort using my skill and knowledge to build a full quality release. The wallets below were built using the Gitian build process, the same process used for Bitcoin releases.

If you are unable to connect to any peers please open the debug window go into the console tab, type in the following command and press enter.

Code:

addnode octocoin.securepayment.cc add

After a few minutes your client should start connecting to peers.

Blockchain Bootstrap

It's also possible to accelerate the initial blockchain download process by using a boostrap.dat file. Download, extract and place the bootstrap.dat file in the AppData/Roaming/Octocoin or ~/.octocoin folder.

Starting at block #180,656 the reward will be 80 Octocoins (28,669,120 minted in this period)

First halving will occur at block #539,019, the reward will be 40 Octocoins (14,334,560 minted in this period)

Second halving at block #897,383 the reward will be 20 Octocoins (7,167,280 minted in this period)

Third halving at block #1,255,747 the reward will be 10 Octocoins (3,583,640 minted in this period)

Fourth halving at block #1,614,111 the reward will be 5 Octocoins (1,791,820 minted in this period)

Fifth halving at block #1,972,475 the reward will be 2 Octocoins (716,728 minted in this period)

Sixth (and final) halving at block #2,330,839 the reward will be 1 Octocoins (358,364 minted in this period)

Ending at block #2,330,840 in approximately 6.5 years from now. (no more minted after this point)

* Octocoin was launched by the original developer with a pre-mine in the first block. Supposedly all those coins have been distributed in bounties.** Due to random block reward the actual number of minted Octocoin is estimated.

Known issues

It's very much possible that the words Bitcoin and Litecoin may still appear in the UI, logs, or console. If you happen to come across one of this mistakes please file an issue at Github.

Due to Octocoin's fluctuations in difficulty it's possible that new blocks may not be generated for more than 24 hours. As a result your clients may get stuck on "Octocoin is downloading blocks..." on startup. If your client is stuck in this state you won't be able to use the RPC mining functions even though you actually have the latest block. To work around it, first make sure you upgrade to Octocoin Core version 10.4, then pass the command line parameter:

Code:

-maxtipage=<n>

Where '<n>' is the value (in seconds) greater than 24 hours. So you may use something like: